Coupon or tag for cartons.



J. A. KYLE.

COUPON 0R TAG FOE CAETONS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1905 Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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UNITED tfiTATlflo PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A KYLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COUPON OR TAG FOB CAB/TONS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN Alli-mimosa i KYLE, a citizen of Great Britain,and a subl jcct of King Edward Vii, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand slate of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful lniprovelmerits in Coupons or Tags for Cartons; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, 1 clear, and exact description thcreol', rel'erencethe accompanying drawings, and to the letters ol' reference markedtherei on, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in 1 sheet material cartons orpackages of that class more especially designed for containing 3merchandise of a granular or pulverulent na- I tore, such as powderedsoap, cereal foods and l the like, and refers more specifically to whatmay be termed a premium coupon which is applied to or constitutes partof the carton and which is adapted to be detached therefrom by thesalesman at the time the package is sold, or by the consumer at the timethe package or carton is purchased. Coupons of this nature are used as Ia part of a premium system, designed as an incentive for the retailsalesman to sell, or the consumer to buy, a particular brand ofmerchandise, with which the coupons are given out itbeing the practicefor the salesman or consumer to remove the couponsi and when a certainnumber oi coupons have been collected to return the same to the jobberor manufacturer in exchange for a premium which such jobber ormanufacturer has agreed to give for such number of coupons.

Among the objects of my invention is, to produce a package of thischaracter having thereon a coupon which is reliably secured to or made apart thereof, and which adds little or nothing to the expense ofproducing the carton or packa c.

To this end the coupon is made an integral part of the blank from whichthe carton is formed, it being formed on one oi the nmr ginal parts ofthe carton blank and preterably on one of the end closing llaps ol thecarton.

A coupon carton made in accordance with the preferred form of myinvention is so constructed that the coupon is located entirelv withinthe original dimensions of the blank so that the Specification ofLetters Patent. Application filed June 13, 1905.

from which the carton is made, provision of the coupon does notrequire'the Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Serial No. 265,042.

i use of :1 blank larger than that required for making the cartonwithout the coupon.

As shown in the drawings,--l*igure 1 is a plan view of one end of theblank l'rom which the carton made, showing the manner of forming thecoupon on one ol the closing iiaps. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of theearton with the closing l'lups at one end closed together and those atthe other end in their open positions. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe carton with the flaps at both ends closed, and showing theposltionlo'i the coupon thereon.

As shown in said drawings, the carton A is made of a continuous blank ofsuitable material, such aseard-board, as is usual, an is scored toprovide side walls a, a, walls a. One of the side walls is provided witha pasting strip 0 which is adapted to be pasted in overlapping relationto one of the end walls when the carton is setup to give permanenttubular form to the carton. The side walls are providedwith closingflaps a. a and the end walls are provided with similar closing; llaps a,a, said flaps being designed to be folded down over the upper and lowerends of the carton and pasted or otherwise secured together toconstitute top and bottom walls. As herein shown, the end wall flaps a,a are made short r than the side wall ilaps, this bein g true iiecausethe side wall l'laps are eachiiitended to reach entirely across the topand bottom of the. carton, while the end wall flaps need only overlapeach other a short distance at their meeting ends when closed adesignates the coupon referred to, which is made integral with, andextends laterallv from the side margin of, one o L' the side we l flaps,as herein shown, to-wit: the side wall flap last to be folded down whenclosing the flaps. Thusit will be seen, that, owing to the fact that theend wall flaps are made shorter than the side wall flaps, the materialfor such roupon may be l'orniedout of the iiuiterial just outside of theouter or free margin of one ol' the end wall flaps, and is formed ofthat material which, in the absence of a coupon, is ordinarily cut away,as is shown at the right hand side of- Fig. 1. By reason of thisconstruction and arrangement (which is the preferred one), it will beseen that the coupon lies entirely within the original marginal boundsor dimensions of the sheet or blank from which the carton is made, sothat the presand end Inc above mentioned, recommended. yet it i 1 to beunderstood that 1 do not limit myself to tho specific form of the deviceshown oxoept as hereinafter made the snbjovt of a specific claim.

blltlni it will ho ulmol rod that said coupon ltll'li1ll)l ronnm-tutlwith the Milton and. tho nwr-iitily i ntvoid i of providing; spofinlnit-nus lm n1 tum-hing thr: coupon to tlwourton. 'lhv saving: of thotinm ruquirod to so attach tho tuit on to tho carton is of oonsith-inhloprnn'lit-azl irn iortumro, for the mason that such Limo, while not greatwhen Considered in tonnoction with It single carton, lH'll'UHlt'H ofmnsidernhlo moment whvn rnnniilorod in tbllllflz'tiufl with nninythousands ol cartons it will he 38071 that hy mnlainat tho coupon oniuiie grul part of the carton i all] c-na lr-d to mti zt COHHjtlPTithlti(SEW-Hart, holh with hs'poci to the nmlorini inhich cunvtitntw; llwcoupon and with rosy-opt to the manner nl' o-iinsiifuting the coupon 11port of tho Milton.

\Yhilo the particular onihodiment of my invention which 1 have hereinshown is; u dosirable 0110, and in, for the reasons licminat one end 01'the carton being provided ulion I claim as my invention;

A parerboard carton comprising inclosin side. wa s provided at their endmargins wit 1 tiups whit-ii are folded together to constitute the endwalls of tho carton, one of tho flaps one of its margins with alaterally extent ing coupon adapted to be detached without destroyingthe integrity of tho carton, the

outer side margin of said coupon being; lo-

outed substantially in line with the side marin of the flap of which itforms a part and eing dl\1d(l from said flap by it wenltoned line,whereby said coupon may be folded at an angle to said flap and restagainst one of t i the side walls of the carton. which may be lJilO-dand sent out daily. Thus In testimony, that 1 claim the foregoing as myinvention 1 attix my signature in presence of two \ntuesses, this 2ndday of June A. D.

JOHN A. KYLE,

Witnesses:

\Yitwm L HALL, I. P. Wtuuxs.

